Lulu: Manscaping Statistics

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The ladies on Lulu have spoken: Most women don’t like the baby seal look, nor will they enjoy pawing at some werewolf hybrid.

Are you wondering what she’s really thinking? You’re about to find out. This is the first in a series of four articles stemming from a study Lulu conducted where they polled women on topics relating to sex and relationships. You can see more polls like this by downloading the free Lulu app for men in the App Store or on Google Play.

Last week I committed an entire hour to manscaping. I cordoned myself off in my tiny bathroom and buzzed the hair from my face, torso, and pubes, then finished the hedge-trimming process by eliminating all leftover stubble with a four-blade razor; each swipe more cautious than the last as I approached my precious, sensitive scrotum.

Needless to say, I ended up with a tiled floor that resembled a shag carpet—if said shag carpet was made entirely of wiry pubes. It’s not that I had never shaved before, but it was a long winter and the warmer weather made its presence known — like a robin does spring — with the first sure-sign of summer: short shorts. The Daisy Dukes were back, baby, and the summer body I had been putting off (until summer had already arrived, of course) should be too. Fair is fair.

My manscaping session couldn’t have come at a better time, either. A recent survey by man-reviewing app Lulu posed the pressing question: “How manscaped do you like your man?” And let’s just say the look I was going for wasn’t exactly a contender.

The most popular answer, at nearly 80 per cent, found that women appreciate “good grooming, regular haircuts, and daily shaves.” Coming in at a not-so-close second was “I want him hairless and smooth all over, like an eel” at 13 per cent. (Evidently, I should have stopped at the clippers.) Seven per cent liked their man “the way nature intended” and coming in dead, dead last — at only one per cent — was the most humorous option: “I want to have trouble finding his cock in there.”

The ladies on Lulu have spoken: Most women don’t like the baby seal look, nor will they enjoy pawing at some werewolf hybrid. Like the indecisive Goldilocks, “just right” sits somewhere between the two.

Manscaping is a relatively new and buzzworthy procedure for men. It really only came to light in the past decade and has grown to become a major area of concern (and confusion) for men around the globe. Last year, male grooming brand Braun released a similar survey where they polled men on their shearing practice and found that 70% of respondents trimmed their body hair, with over one-third taking about 20 minutes to do so. The reason nearly half of men committed to the custom was because it gave them confidence, while almost a quarter of guys just wanted to please their partner.

When it comes do hair down there, Lulu’s sex and relationship columnist, "Dear Dude,” recommends that a man should shave once every couple of months. “Use a ConAir trimmer with one of those attachments so it leaves a quarter inch or so for both our viewing pleasures,” he advises to one reader. Now go on, awkwardly position yourself in front the mirror and trim those pubes. Just be extra careful around the balls.